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The "Mac Guy" was Right


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A while back, when the "Mac Guy" and the "PC Guy" ads were just starting, Mac was talking about creativity on a Mac. He said that you can be much more creative on a Mac, so you will love media more. Well, it turns out that he was right. Almost half of all Mac users had paid for music through various digital methods, while only 16 percent of PC users did the same. 28 percent of PC users reported buying physical CDs to get their music, but Mac users beat them again at 32 percent. Mac users were more likely to actually use their iPods too; 34 percent of Mac users had put music onto their MP3 players, compared to only 16 percent of PC users.

 

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A while back, when the "Mac Guy" and the "PC Guy" adds were just starting, Mac was talking about creativity on a Mac. He said that you can be much more creative on a Mac, so you will love media more. Well, it turns out that he was right. Almost half of all Mac users had paid for music through various digital methods, while only 16 percent of PC users did the same. 28 percent of PC users reported buying physical CDs to get their music, but Mac users beat them again at 32 percent. Mac users were more likely to actually use their iPods too; 34 percent of Mac users had put music onto their MP3 players, compared to only 16 percent of PC users.

 

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So I hate to be a buzz-kill, but this post really isn't saying much. I'm not a fanboy for any platform: while I use Vista on my production machine, I also use a tablet that triple-boots Ubuntu, OS X, and Vista. The stat about CDs is probably most interesting. But the others just restate what everyone knows: Windows isn't nearly as convenient as MacOS and its "simplexity." Its just depressing if the MP3 stat is true: why did all those people by MP3 players then? AAC via the iTunes music store really isn't that "high quality" either. Audiophiles will tell you it doesn't come close to CD quality. MacOS is cool, but it's still only an operating system and not quite a "way of life" as Steve Jobs would have you believe. Don't cream your shorts just yet, buddy. (Just kidding!) A quality statement just shouldn't be composed solely of relatively gratuitous praise....happy holidays, anyway.

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some of my friends have iTunes and they can only play or share music only on one computer, plus buying CD is more expensive but you get way better quality vs. 128-bit apple mp3 songs. I have no respect for 128 bit mp3 songs no quality, maybe for majority of iPod fans the quality is good enough but for me not..

as far as media center goes people that used both apple front row and XP or Vista Media center will admit that Windows is just way better for many reasons.

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some of my friends have iTunes and I they can only play, share music only on one computer, plus buying CD is actually more expensive but you get way better quality where 128bit apple mp3 songs are just not music for me I have no respect for 128 bit mp3 songs no quality, maybe for majority iPod fans quality is good enough but for me not..

as far as media center goes pepole that used both apple front row and XP or Vista Media center will admit that Windows is just way better for many reasons.

I would love to argue with you... if only I understood you :blink:

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Why would you even do a study on this and who is to say how accurate this is. This is really, really pointless and retarded to me.

far as media center goes pepole that used both apple front row and XP or Vista Media center will admit that Windows is just way better for many reasons.

I totally agree here. I like OS X better than Windows, but Media Center is so much nicer than Front Row.

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Haha that's a great point Scrizz.

 

@ goldfrap, I found it partially interesting.

 

That last sentence doesn't make sense to me though. "34 percent of Mac users had put music onto their MP3 players, compared to only 16 percent of PC users." So does that mean that 66% of mac users and 84% of windows users do not add any music to their players, or does that percent mean purchased music?

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I don't think creativity and media lovin is the reason why. I think it's because there are so easier to download free music with Windows.

 

And these Mac vs PC commercials really bug me full of lies or they've left things out... Like the one with the security dude, that commercial fails to mention that OSX has a similar UAC albeit not triggered as often nor does it mention that it can be turned off in Windows... To me, PC is Personal Computer and now that Macs use Intel hardware, they're more or less the same. I feel that people who bought Macs based on these commercials got suckered into buying what is essentially a PC in a shiny package. Now, had one guy been OSX and the other guy was Windows, I'd think differently about these commercials.

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those statistics are really meaningless, What's the point of that? How does this make Mac users more creatives? Plus, Most of PC users download Music "Illegally".

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Geez guys, I don't know why everyone is getting all mad because of this. It just says that generally, people with Macs, like music more. :angel:

 

It says a lot more than that, no offense dude, but in news, people should be neutral, bring something new and usefull. Just forget the confusing statistics, and let's use our logic, How a Mac can make people more creative? You're story is some kind of publicity for Apple.

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Yea those statistics are intended to throw readers off, if you factor in the market share of each platform it completely discredits the article. Oh and since its pretty obvious they are trying to mislead reader i wonder how credible there sources are.

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Since I got my iMac. I have organized my Photos (7 Yrs worth Finally), Made a movie for my bro and made sweet ringtones in GarageBand.

 

I never did that on a PC ever

 

 

I think I was much much more creative on my PC. Plus I did not need to use third party tools, just used the bundled iLife 08

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some of my friends have iTunes and they can only play or share music only on one computer, plus buying CD is more expensive but you get way better quality vs. 128-bit apple mp3 songs. I have no respect for 128 bit mp3 songs no quality, maybe for majority of iPod fans the quality is good enough but for me not..

as far as media center goes people that used both apple front row and XP or Vista Media center will admit that Windows is just way better for many reasons.

First of all, look up "run-on" in the dictionary. Second of all, have you ever used iTunes? You are wrong on both of your comments about it. You can use the music on 5 computers, not 1, and the music is AAC, not MP3. 128kbps AAC isn't CD quality, but it's definitely better than 128kbps MP3.

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Most people who can afford to buy a mac can afford to own an mp3 player to put songs onto and can afford to buy music cds, that's not necessarily true for all pc owners. I guarantee that accounts for 99% of the gap in these statistics

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well, those stat doesnt say much: the user base of windows is far bigger, so if the same percentage of people have bought mp3's or whatever on the internet, it's more than 7 or 8 times the amount of people in the mac category.

Maybe it doesn't matter on which platform you work, but when we make statistics about it, you get such a result. (if you understand me, englisch is not my native language, obviously :D)

 

you can proove anything with statistics, the company who pays for the test decides who will be good or bad in the test

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Hö?!

 

Would like to know how you explain why buying more music correlates to beeing more creative.

Sounds a little stupid, sorry - like a statement directly from the homepage of the RIAA :blink:

 

And buying music doesn't necessarily mean that you love it. I love music, iTunes is running all day long and often i just relax and listen to my huge archive of classical and electronic music (ripped CDs from my dad - he has nearly everything), but i would never buy a DRM-crippled version with 128 or 192 bit and only CDs that you can rip without problems. And believe me, here in Germany I'm surely not the only one thinking this way, so this stats are nonsense in my opinion.

 

Oh and yeah, i definitly would call my self a creative. I work with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign (Textmate for coding) as a Web- & Printdesigner and earn good money while i'm studying. So i did in my old Windows days too (yes i had to use a crappier texteditor ;) )

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I agree with people who said that buying music legally doesn't really equate to being more "creative." I think the best attribute of Mac users that corresponds to this trend is probably their comfort in paying excessively for anything offered from Apple. After a while, you feel like it's worth to pay a little more for "luxury." If you're willing to fork out money on a machine that's garnering a 50% profit and costs nearly double the amount of a comparable machine made by a competitor, I wouldn't expect you'd even flinch when it comes to paying 99 cents for a song.

 

I admit, I have been buying songs on iTunes lately, but I'll only get iTunes Plus songs. Anybody with decent ears knows that 128kbs AAC is pretty crappy compared to a good variable bitrate MP3. Still, if I have trouble "acquiring" a certain song from "more cost effective" sources, I will download a non-Plus song off of iTunes. The only time I've found 128 AAC and VBR MP3 indistinguishable was when I was listening to songs encoded in both formats through Apple's crappy headphones.

 

Don't get me wrong. I'm an Apple fan and do actually plan on getting a Mac. Still I try to dodge the "reality distortion field" whenever possible.

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but then you have to look at the population amoung computer users: 80% are windows PC, and maybe 10~15% for mac.

 

So, in 100 people, 80 people are using windows PC, and 28% of these people = 24

 

and let say 15 people are using Mac amoung these people, and half of them? 8 people the most.

 

the mac guy is not completely right

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This is by far the most non-sensical article that has ever been posted on InsanelyMac.

 

I mean, not only is the author of the article a biased dipsh*t, but apparently can't interoperate statistics properly, either.

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Although I agree that the stats in the article are worthless, I would like to second someone else who said their digital life has improved since moving from PC. All of my media (from photos to music) is much more organized now.

 

I will say that media player on the pc does a much better job of finding and organizing music than itunes, but for all it's ability, it just seemed to be an enabler of my disorganiztion.

 

As far as creativity goes.... I've used PS, AI, & DW on both platforms. Functionality wise, they are virtually identical.

 

The edge I see the Mac OS having is that it tends to be more stable, better at multi-tasking, and generally performs much faster on identical hardware than Windows. I know MacOS has more advantages, but these three are what makes me more productive, which is why I like the Mac.

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